JR's Inside Out Project is the world's largest participatory art project. Since its launch in March 2011, over 100,000 people in 115 countries have used black and white photographic portraits to discover, reveal and share what they care about.



More info here: www.insideoutproject.net

If you're after the freshest, boldest and best new work to hit the streets, you've come to the right place. Below you'll find our round-up of the best new urban art on the streets.





Ben Eine in Shoreditch, East London via Street Art News

Dface here, via cupcakepunk.com

JR above, via Unurth

 

Know Hope, via Vandalog

Retna, via Brooklyn Street Art

 

 Vhils in Shanghai, via Unurth

Mark Jenkins above, via Arrested Motion






And lastly, Da Mental Varporz.


For more street art, check out last week's On The Streets

(Photo via Vandalog's Simjee Textor)

For some, it's not enough to love or own urban art: some are now even wearing it!

As mentioned here on Vandalog, Indian based designer Manish Arora featured superimposed images of Brooklyn artist Judith Supine's work on garments in his debut collection of ready to wear at the recent Paris Fashion Week.

With street art once upon a time being viewed as 'ugly' vandalism and certainly not embraced by the masses, it is very interesting to now see a street artist's work being printed on high-end garments and marketed to the Vogue fashionista demographic. It certainly demonstrates just how popular and appreciated street art has come in the past decade.

According to The Huffington Post:

For the fashion line, Supine, who regularly pours through magazines for his inspiration, tells us he didn't try to get too involved. He said he just liked the idea of the collaboration and allowed designer Arora to interpret his work in whatever way he liked. The official press release says that Agora (is) "very attracted to street art, it deserves a lot more attention than it gets." For Supine's part, he's pretty happy with the outcome too, and is looking forward to wearing one of the dresses.






We're absolutely loving the end result too. Now, how can we get our hands on one of the pieces?

Banksy's stencil painting Leopard and Barcode (above) is estimated to fetch between £60,000 - £80,000 or more when it is auctioned for the first time at Bonham's Urban Art Sale on 29 March.

In a limited edition of just five, the signed Leopard and Barcode was acquired by its current owner direct from an exhibition titled Existencilism in LA.

The Leopard and Barcode is just one of seventeen Banksy works to be auctioned at the Urban Art Sale, including several originals including Girl and Balloon, Bomb Hugger, Love Is In The Air, Kate Moss and more.

Many in the art-world forecast that the sale will bring even more success to Banksy, whose work shows no signs of losing popularity among art collectors.

Alan Montgomery, Urban Art Specialist at Bonhams, says: “Banksy’s popularity still goes from strength to strength, with the market for his work certainly following suit. We are excited to be offering this group of works, which includes some of his best known and most sought after images.

"It seems that the public just can’t get enough of him, and his continued anonymity, even following last year’s Oscar nomination, only adds to his enigma. Increased international interest means that he is no longer just collected in the UK, but now has a truly global following.”  

 To view the Banksy originals and signed and unsigned limited edition prints, click here.

Gorillas co-creator Jamie Hewlett has surely outdone himself with the new film clip for the collaboration between Gorillaz leader Damon Albarn, Outkast rapper Andre 3000 and LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy.

The film-clip melds the signature Gorillaz animation with live-action footage, we loved it so much we wanted to share it with you!





For more mindblowing Jamie Hewlett work, visit his profile here.

Here's this week's round-up of the best new art on the streets...





Nosbe via Juxtapoz





Os Gemeos, via Wooster Collective




How and Nosm, via Brooklyn Street Art

 

How and Nosm, again Brooklyn Street Art

Ufo, via Juxtapoz

Vhils, via Juxtapoz

JR, via Arrested Motion




Escif, via Juxtapoz





C215, via Juxtapoz

Check out last week's On The Streets here

TED Award winning artist JR talks about his latest project, how art changes the world and how you can get involved.





Head this way, for more on JR including limited edition signed JR prints

Urban artist Shepard Fairey will guest star on the 23rd Season of the iconic television series,The Simpsons in episode 15 – 'Exit Though The Kwik-E-Mart', which will be aired in the US on March 4, 2012.

The episode's plot is this: In order to get back at his dad, Bart goes undercover as a graffiti street artist and plasters Homer’s unflattering image all over Springfield. But one night, Bart and Milhouse get caught in the act by established street artists Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Kenny Scharf and Robbie Conal (guest voicing as themselves), and to Bart’s surprise, they invite him to exhibit his satirical artwork in his very own gallery show. Meanwhile, a hip, new health food superstore opens in Springfield that threatens to put Apu and the Kwik-E-Mart out of business.”

“Part of being on The Simpsons, is you’re being honored as a reference point in culture,” Fairey said on his website. “But you also can’t be too sensitive about that part of culture being made fun of…There’s irony that comes with something outsider becoming insider. And they do a great job of examining that.

"The Simpsons has been one of my favorite shows since the early '90s. When I was running my screen printing studio in Providence R.I. my crew and I lead a Spartan existence consisting of long hours and a seven day work week. Our only recreational indulgence ritual was to stop work early Sunday evenings to eat dinner together while watching The Simpsons.

I’ve always loved The Simpsons blend of humor and social commentary, so it is a huge honor for me to appear as a guest character on the March 4th episode. The story line is great, and they were kind enough to indulge a couple of my dialogue suggestions designed to make the social commentary more pointed(even though I had to make fun of myself to do so). I can’t wait to see it!

For more on Shepard, click here.

Best known for his stunning intricate drawings of iconic London places and areas, Vic Lee has now teamed up with Brompton Bikes to design and create a limited run of sleek gloss black bikes featuring Vic's London motifs.

"I initially worked with Brompton on a one-off, hand-drawn design for the prize bikes for the 2011 Brompton World Championship," Vic said on the collaboration. "These got a lot of attention so we started to investigate if there was any way we could do something similar or slightly large scale. I have been creating this style of London-inspired schemes for a couple of years now; it is great to see this translated into the London Brompton."

Along with the artwork on the main and front frames, the bike comes fitted with a limited-edition vinyl graphic on the flap of the accompany S Bag, also designed by Vic. The bike design has been further enhanced by the use of black mudguards and leather Brooks grips and B17 saddle, both also black.

The bikes will be supplied with a numbered certificate of authenticity along with a limited edition Vi Lee print. There'll only be 500 London Bromptons supplied with the vinyl graphic flaps and prints available.

The bike will be available through selected Brompton dealers from February and will retail at £1475




You can view more of Vic Lee's prints and artwork here.

Here's this week's round-up of the best new urban art on the streets...




Blek le rat above, taking over  the streets of west Hollywood via Brookyn Street Art




Zaki and Aroe by Voodoodi via Vandaog



From France, we've got Goddog above, via vandalog




Phlegm here, who actually also made it into last week's list, via Juxtapoz




Shok 1 above outside Pictures On Walls in East London, via Vandalog




Looks very much to me like a Sweet Toof here along the Canal in East London, this pic comes via hookedblog




Don't Fret, via Brooklyn Street Art





Sorn by Avk One, via Vandalog



Conor Harrington, via Hookedblog



That's it folks. You'll find last week's On The Streets here.